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The Huron News-Record, 1891-04-22, Page 777s Huron News-Reoorc - l,P a'Xes in.20 fn Advance Wednesday, April! Rgailt 1891 A MFrSSAGE. S he wase't op the playgruuud, bhe wasn't out the lawn, ";Ole little one was wigwag and bed -time &ming on. We hunted in the garden, we peeped about to see If sleeping under wee -tree or hilae she might be. < # ut nothing game to answer to all our anxious gytil tJatil at length we haateued, within the darkened hall. .did then upon theetilnese there broke a . silvery tone— 'Tire darling mite was etandjag before the telephone, And softly, se we lieteee(1, came stealing (town the stairs ; "Wm, Central: Give me heaven. I want to say my prayers." —Suclltey Deers. tfiESSOSIMISIMffelar UP THE FLUE. "You must have some rare experi- ences to tell us, Mrs. Boswell," said persuasive Lieutenant Russell', while we waited for the mail stage. "You have been at the frontier post ever eiaoe Captain Boswell was stationed here?" "Yes, we have been here eight years," she replied, with the rare senile that glorified her face. "I have passed through inany ordeals here, but I really think that I had an adventure in the E ist, where my father had a Mill, equal to anything that I have ever experienced." "Will you relate it, and oblige nal" urged Russell. "Thank' you," said our little host- ess, "I don't Mind." Three of us were sitting iu an inner apartment of the small frontier 'hostelry. The bar••rooin was packed with miners, and we had chosen to have our supper served by ourselves, as we had ap- pointed to go ou to Custer City in conipany. "It was in 18—," she began ; "I had just made the acquaintance of Captain Buswi 11, as he, having some business matters to arrange with father, had called at our place several times. _ Finally, there came a rare day iu autumu, and he and father were closeted the greater part of the day, overhauling papers, memoranda, deeds and receipts. My father, at the titne, was doing a great deal of business as an attor- ney. "At tea time father said to are : 'Bess, you won't mind an evening alone, so long as Thornes is about, will you 1' "I said no, fur although there were 'neer robberies being commit- ted in the beighbol•ing cities, private families iu the suburlis felt no fear. Our house was a mile front the city proper,'aud a half a tnile from neighbors either way. "We find," he continued, 'that the captain has got to hunt up- one more paper concerning the estate before he cau give Barron a satin• factory title. \Ve shall go to Judge Whitcomb's office, and our search may be so successful that at 11 o'clock will find us home again. Still we may he detained longer. Shan't I call and tell your cousin Milly to come down and spend the night with your "'No—yes,' I contradictorily answered. `Do as you please ; 1 am not afraid in the least with Thomas about.' "'But Captain Boswell is going to leave $5,000 here until he re- turns.' 'Does any ono know about the money ?' " 'Only ourselves.' "'Then I aro not afraid. Be- sides, you are likely to be back be- fore graveyards yawn and thieves do walk abroad.' "Thomas brought the horse round, and while father spoke to him I touched the captaiu's sleeve : "'Where is your money left ?" "'In your father's desk in the library.' Then he looked with a tender, inquiring glance into rey face (how the little woman's cheeks flushed at the memory) and said : 'Little girl, if you are in the least afraid we will not go to -night, although it ie absolutely neces- sary.' "I told him honestly, that I was not afraid, I never bad that strata of timidity in my tnake'up pecu- liar to womankind, and so they rode away. "Thomas, our new man of all work, was working around the mill, or I supposed ho was, whore he was employed for patching up• reels, packing flour and doing odd jobs of carpentry. "I started just after sundown to go to the mill, and as I pissed up the hill I saw a than in the high- way speak to hire. I hesitated about going on, but the man made only a moment's pause and then went down the hill and was soon concealed by a turn in the high- way. ,'Who was that man, Thomas?'. "'Oh, miss, it was a man from the mill, Baying that my brother • e. WA had.:a bad fttll ort the dam and is bellowing for Me to, ootno. and see him, His lege are broken entirely.' "'What will ypn dor "'I told tFie man I cold not come to sea hila -to•day—.-.btit if I went, miss, I would be back by 11 o'clock, if not earlier.' "'Yqu way go, Thomas, if your brother is hurt so bad. Papa will not be away long.' "'But, pay young lady'— " 'Never wind ole in such a case as this.' 1 alwaye was very tender- hearted. `You may go and I will run right back to the house.' "He talked a few minutes more, was profuse itt his thanks for my kinduese, and then started down for the city. I took up the two baskets and went siugiug to the house, "I sat an hour by the open wiu • duw, enjoying intensely this being alone, and the quiet beauty of the cool autumn evening. "Perhaps you will wonder at this," and the dimples played about her pretty mouth, "but little birds were singing a new song in illy heart, and the quiet let me hear the sweet eohoes. "But directly I chided myself for being so careless, as the road was a thoroughfare, and. a chance straggler might surprise hue. I arose, closed my window and, obey - lug some strange, impressive power, 1 walked through the hall into the library, took my father's key from its accustomed place, unlocked the desk, found the package of $5,000 and, placing it iu my bosom, re• locked the door, and returned to the sitting-r0onl. I did not light a lamp, I had no need of a tiro as that froth the kitchen stove warned the sittiug-room suflicieutly iu this Mild weather. "The house was old-faahioued, very, with a fireplace iu the sitting - route opening up iu a chimney of capacity sufficient for a foundry stack. We had cheerful open fires later on ; but the house, being an an0e3tlal pile, was getting Hume• what dilapidated, and the p,trtitiou separating the flues in the large' chimney had fallen in. 11eu had been sent to clear out the rubbish and make reptura, but the work half done, was suspended on ac- count of the arrival of Captain Bus• well and this ituportaut business affair. "I wonder 'that this reyeiation did no e.uftecate-ate. The Men on the highway -.-the injured brother Thoinae had betrayed us. Ile had overheard about the money. A robber was in the house and another outside. My retreat would be cut orf. How thoughts rap [jot through my head 1 flow would they kill me 1 Would I suffer long 1 At this instant I was surd that I heard a faint creak of the library door at the further end of the long hall. "One swift, despairing glance around are, one wild idea of escape, and I extinguished the light upou the table, and etouching in the fireplace, I rested oue foot upon the and -iron, swung out the iron crane, stepped the other foot upon the strong support and ruse up into the flue. Sonsuthiug touched my head. Thank God 1 It was the rope with which the dislodged bricks had been hoisted out. Grasping this carefully with Iny hands I held my- self like a wedge in the opening. If I had envied large nohle looking women'before, I now had reason to be thankful for my diminutive form and ninety odd pounds of avoirdu- pois. "I had little time, however, to thiuk of anything except the inlnti- nent, danger of knocking down a ftagineat of brick or mortar, and thus disclosing my hiding place, for the clock began, with sonorous peals, to strike 11. Under cover of its echoes there were quick, soft atolls in the hall, and the bolt of the outer door was withdrawn. The huge flue must have acted like a telephone, for I heard every soun(1 with !'earful distinctness. First there was a pause by the door of the sitlintr-ruonl, theft breathing in it, then whispering. "I herd 'Phomas distinctly, whet' he said : "'Slee isn't here ; she's gone to bed ; but the looney is in the the library.' "I would have enjoyed innnense- ly to kindle a sparkling fire in the huge, wide fireplace, but as affairs were I could not. So I mused iu the darkness for hours. I took no heed of the tine, until my quick ear caught the.souud of a footfall approaching close up to the door— stop. I could have taken my oath. It was so light an echo that I sprang to my feet, thinking that my cousin Milly, absent when my father called and returning later, had come down to stay with me. I sprang up with a smile to answer her knock, albeit I was a bit jealous of her pretty face ; but no knock caole, and the echoes died out, altogether I concluded I had deceived myself in regard to them. Anyhow, I would light the lamp. I did so, and was startled to fiud it past 10 o'clock. I was sufficiently aroused from my reverie to want a book from the library shelves. I took up my lamp and went singing into the room. "1 obtained the desired volume, stepped down from the stool, and— "If ever any oue felt like dying I did at that moment. My song died on my lips, while a thousand thoughts seemed to flash into my mind in oue instant. Involuntari- ly I gasped, and then with a strong efort:of the will power, for which I was famous, I took up the song again and sang it to the close. "Among other things I remem- bered the lateness of the hour and the probability that all the people were in bed and asleep. I remem- bered the footsteps in the dooryard, and—there was a fresh pungent smell of tobacco smoke in the room, a scout of smoke that was not in the room wheu I was there and placed the package of money in any bosom. "Do you wonder that my brain reeled and my heart stopped beat- ing for an instant! Besides, who- ever the robber was he would soon begin work, not knowing how early my father and the captain might return. And I should be. murdered. Somewhere within a few yards or feet of me the robber assassin was concealed—either in the recess behind the cabinet, or under the long, draped, paper - strewn table. "A faint sound outside nearly made me set down the lamp ; still 1 had unconsciously left my first song and was singing: 'For hie bride a soldier won her, And a winning tongue had he.' "I know that temporary salvation —power and liberty to leave that room, even—depended upon my appearing unconecious of the rob- ber's proximity. "I got ont of the library and found myself in the Bitting -room. •A-.hasliy.:,glagce,at tha -door shoed the key absent from the lock. `Y-" "Treachery 1 "'Be cautious,' advised a strange voice, 'and wo may nc t h the to hurt her.' "They carefully retreated, and my heart struck oil' the seconds against my ribs iu a way that was sulfucatiug, for I knew that their search would 30011 be over, and what then 1 "In less than five minutes they were whispering in t he room again. "'Confound her !' aspirated Thomas, 'die took the money with her.' "'Then we'll have it if'— "Tho pause meant all that words could couvey. "The cold sweat was conning out of every pore of my body. The dust of the creosote had penetrated my, mouth and nostrils, and I had to take one hand from the rope in their absence and place a finger upon my lips to prevent sneezing. " `Conte hurry,' was the angry watch -word exchanged between them and I Beard the stairs creak- ing as they ascended to my chamber. Thom is was familiar with all the !house. "Why did I not drop down and escape outside 1" "First, then, they had locked the outer door and withdrawn the key to prevent a surprise from without. Secondly, thorn alight be a third confederate outside. But the most important reason of all was, it seem- ed to tae, that I never could get out of the aperture that had allowed me entrance into the chimney. I ran the risk of discovery and death in any case. "Oh, why did not my father and his companion return 1 It might be hours first. "They had found me absent from my chamber and the adjoining rooms. They no longer used ex- treme caption. They hurried front one apartment to the other. I could feel the jar of moving furni- ture, and closet doors were opened hastily. Tho upper part of the house was ransacked. and then they came down stairs upon the run. Time was precious to theta now. With direful oaths they rummaged the lower floors and finally returned to the sitting - room. "'I saw the light here last,' said Thomas moving with his lamp across the room, laud here is the lamp on the table.' "'She must have gone out.' "'No ; I watched for her, and every window is fastened on the inside.' Then he continued, 'Curse her ! she's a witch ! and baffled they stood and poured oaths after me. 'I'd like to catch her now 1' 1-Iow he ground it out between his teeth ! "'Shall we search more?' " `It's no use ; we've turned over everything under which a mouse could hide.' "'What then 1 Shall wo waylay the old man and fix him 1' "'They haven't the money ; it was left here.' "'The cellar," suggested the voice. "Once more they dashed out only to return in hot haste now ; for. there was the trot and rumble or a 018HT Re it • mN`f'rittge--on- -tiro bridge between us and the city. "Stay,' urged the etratlget;, 'tyulnp up se/WO hind of a story, and we way some the money .yet." wooly rettl,rged Thomas, 'but the girl's a witch, and I'm just aa sure that elle is somewhere near us all the time and would baud me. over to justice—.—. - "There was a scamper outside, and the sound of feet running toward the river name down the wide mouth of the chimney. Father and Captain Boswell drove into the yard and up to the door just as the clock struck twelve.' "'Thomas,' cried my father, in his ringing tones, 'come and take care of the horse.' - "Receiviug no response from his usual prompt factotum, he sprang up the steps and uttered an exelatna- tion of horror at finding the door open. "'Boswell,' said he, 'we certainly saw a light here wheu we came down the hill.' "'Quick, Jason,' said the captain, 'there has boon four play here.' "'Foul play 1 My God ! toy poor little girl.' "'Father,' I strove to call, but the first attempt, choked in dust and soot, ended in a hysterical couh. "g`Where is that 1 What is that?' called guy distracted father, and both men dashed for the library. "I now strove to descend, but the movement brought dowu bush- els of mortar and broken brick from all sides and closed up the flue. 1 bethought me of the rope, and by sticking my toes in here and there 1 weut up the chimney hand over hand. Agile as a cat, when I reached tlie top of the low chimney 1 sprang down upon the roof and began calling loudly far father. "You should have heard them run through the douse and halloo before tlioy located my voice. At last the captain came out of doors. "'\!rill you got tee a ladder, please,' said I ; 'I want to get down frc h ere.' '"A ladder, Jason,' shouted the captain, (the little girl is on the roof.' " Tar the lova of heaven, how came you there,' said my father as I landed upon the ground and began shaking the soot from try clothes. "'I wont up there through the chimney; papa. But you had bet- ter put up the horse—you will have to groom Ilim yourself to-night— and then I will tell you all about it.' • "The captain led me into the house, for I was trembling violent - 13'. "'Now,' said father, being absent only a moment or two, without lot• ting me have time to trop the smut from toy face and hands ; 'now tell us what this means--nty little girl climbing the ridgepole like a cat at midnight.' "In a few minutes !natters were explai ned. "'Thomas, the villain 1' ejaculat- ed my father. 'I'll have him if I have to hunt the two continents for hien, ho shall have his de- serts.' "He kept his word. Thomas got a term in the state prison. "When I gave the captain his money 1 should have burst into hy- sterical sobbing, only I remembered" the soot in time to prevent shading myself in black crayon, and Captain Boswell believed that stature and bulk were not always certificates of the best materials, and "And," finished Dan, our jester, "it may be said, Mts. Boswell, that you actually flue to his amts." She smiled and bowed as the son- orous tones of the driver carne in among us : • "Stage ready, gentlemen." THEREBY HANGS A TALE. ' And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from to hour, we rot end rot, And thereby hangs a tale." And truly, ".tis a tale of woe," of one who had Catarrh in the Head, for many ye trs, and who really had been "rotting,' from hour to hour, until De. Sage's Catarrh R\medy came to his notice. Ile us•id it at first with slight signs of relief, but he re rsisted until a permanent cure was • fleeted , and the world was again pleasant to live in. From his a efnl euffering he was set free by the ex- pen(liture of a few dollars in that in- comparable remedy. —Sunday evening Chicago suffered one of the inlet deetruc`.ive conflegrat• ions that has occurred linen the big fire of 1871. The lime is fully $1,t'00,000. EDITORIAL, EVIDENCE. Gas maxim, —Your Hagyards Yellow Oil ie worth its weight in gold f 1r both internal and external use. During the late La Grippe epidemic we teund it a moat excellent proveutive, and for sprained limb., etc , there is neihing to tqual,it. W 31. PEM BER ION, E litor Reporter, Delhi, Ont. —Mrs, P. T. Barnum expresses the opinion that a woman can often make her !husband happy by letting him alone, and especially by refrain• sing, keen ton, many. !lictialtabssrpseitte. tione." A ataxy Viltbeut•Wert' ,r .4 la• hml,.__. 11. Undeniably. Servants' gossip is low, of course, but when it is about your neighbors souhetilues you will adtilit that it is undeniably interesting. St rained Relations. Ai cbihnld You are related to her by marriage, afro you trot!" Frigiday—" No; I'm her brother by refus- al." Worse Than Slippers. Be thaukful, boys, you didn't live l)f (.1.1, in Greece, or anywhere 14'here troll it -up people sauh1ds w,,re, And youngsters dhliet to n..rs guar. Pretty Much the Same 'thing.. A.—I hear that you are going to marry a widow with $10,0(7). B.—You have got things mixed. I am going to marry $10,0011 with a widow.—Texas Siftings. A successful Art ist. Sntere.—••`rhe first, pee ore that great ar- tist ever painted brought more that, any of hi; other works.' Dauber --"Who bought it f" l4inere--"He did."—Jfurperk Briar. Certainly a bigot. "Mr. 'ralvhel is a brilliant couirversial- 1st." " He is an intolerant bigot." "You think sof" " 01 course I do. He never agrees with me in anything." Not a Foot. Dr. Johnson was once seated in the midst of a largo diuner-pro ty. tic iivul'-ertently placed in his mouth a hilt potato, hut, sud- denly ejecting it, he turned to the hostess with this remark: "Madam, a foi)1 would have burned himself:" Progress. She — " Did you succeed in mastering French while abroad?" He—"Nearly, I did not succeed in making the Frenchmen comprehend me, nor could I make out what they were driving at, but I got so that 1 conk' understand myself when I talked " Flaking up the Average. . alts. B.—"This is disgraceful! You'll have no one to thank but yourself; I've warned yon often euough how you ale short- ening your days." kr. B.—Yes, uiv dear; but you dou't seem to realize what long hiights I an: hav- ing." Silence Ant Do (:old en est. "It doan' pay to do much talking wren you' mad 011)111 to choke, 'Kase de word dat stings de deepes' sin de one dat's neber spoke; Let the other fellow wrangle till de storm ani blowed away, Don he'll do a pile ob thinkiit' 'bout de thiugs you didn't say." An Exception. Young Gusher (who bus been listening to Moore's melodies sung by Miss Sharpe)— "Lovely! Exquisite! Don't you hove the Irish airs,"' Miss Sharpe—"Oh, I dcke on 1110111!" Young Gusher—"Aren't you partial to the Irish airs, Mrs. Sharper' Mrs, Sharpe—"Yes, very: exh opting when they are put on by the cook." Antirable Relations A fragment overheard on the boule- vards:— "Have you heard lately front your old friend Zed f" "Not a word in three years. - "However. 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